MINIMUM MINIMUM ENVIR ENVIRONMEN ONMENTAL AL ST STAND ANDARDS ARDS FOR FOR SP SPATIAL TIAL DEV DEVEL ELOP OPMENT MENT FRAMEW FRAMEWORKS ORKS (SDFs) (SDFs) Consultation Presentation NATIONAL SPLUM (SPATIAL PLANNING & LAND USE MANAGEMENT) FORUM 24 AUGUST 2018 Host: KZN DRDLR ( PROVINCIAL SPLUM) Venue: Omono Hotel, Durban
PRESENTATION OUTLINE THE PRESENTATIO TION N IS O ORGAN ANIS ISED AROUND UND ALL L THE TECHNIC ICAL AL OUTPUTS UTS AS FOLLOWS WS: 1. CONTEXT ‒ Purpose of the Minimum Environmental Standards 2. STEPS IN IMPLEMENTING THE STANDARDS ‒ Step 1: Understanding the Environmental Status Quo ‒ Step 2: Overlaying the Spatial Datasets ‒ Step 3: Identify Compatible/Incompatible Land Uses or Activities ‒ Step 4: Identify Potential Spatial Constraints and Opportunities ‒ Step 5: Guidance on Valuation of Ecological Assets ‒ Step 6: Guidance on How To Resolve Land Use Conflicts ‒ Step 7: Guidance on Procedures for Exclusions from EIA Requirements on certain Listed Activities
CONTEXT Purpose of the Minimum Environmental Standards “Standards” Minimum requirements for environmental features/attributes, that should be included in SDFs To proactively integrate environmental management aspects into the development/review of SPLUMA-compliant Municipal SDFs, to ensure that environmental planning and developmental planning have the same outcomes, in terms of sustainability. Ultimately, these Standards are a policy guideline designed to: ‒ Streamline pertinent environmental considerations/concerns into spatial planning, specifically at local Municipality level; ‒ Regulate the effect of development activity upon the environment; and ‒ To simplify approval/authorisation processes thereby making things easier for Municipalities.
PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1. CONTEXT ‒ Purpose of the Minimum Environmental Standards 2. STEPS IN IMPLEMENTING THE STANDARDS ‒ Step 1: Understanding the Environmental Status Quo ‒ Step 2: Overlaying the Spatial Datasets ‒ Step 3: Identify Compatible/Incompatible Land Uses or Activities ‒ Step 4: Identify Potential Spatial Constraints and Opportunities ‒ Step 5: Guidance on Valuation of Ecological Assets ‒ Step 6: Guidance on How To Resolve Land Use Conflicts ‒ Step 7: Guidance on Procedures for Exclusions from EIA Requirements on certain Listed Activities
Step 1: Understanding the Environ. Status Quo List all Environmental Criteria (Features/Land Uses) in the Municipal Area The Municipality must undertake an exercise of compiling a list of relevant Environmental Criteria existing within their spatial jurisdiction. This should be inclusive of both the key features (e.g. rivers, wetlands, forests) as well as land uses that have environmental impacts (e.g. agricultural resources, mining resources). Table 1 provides a list of the proposed Environmental Criteria, derived through extensive literature review, robust discussions and stakeholder consultations: ‒ It represents a “menu” of the most significant environmental features that are likely to be found at a Municipal planning sphere; ‒ Municipalities should use this list as a guide (starting point) to identify (spatially locate) those criteria existing within their jurisdiction; ‒ the Table also includes the Sub-criteria (main sub-categories, components and constituents of the key environmental features); and ‒ Municipalities may take the liberty to (re)organise (aggregate/disaggregate) Environmental Criteria, as long as all the Criteria are considered.
Step 1: Understanding the Environ. Status Quo Table 1: Criteria to be included in the Minimum Standard Criteria Sub-Criteria (Features/Land Use) 1. Environmental Protected Areas (PAs) Resources Critical Bio-diversity Areas (CBAs) Ecological Support Areas (ESAs) Strategic Water Source Areas (SWSAs) Nature-based tourism or scenic features 2. Environmental Natural hazards (e.g. floodplains, Dongas & Erosion, Sink holes, Mass earth movements, Extreme Hazards weather prone areas) Man-made hazards (e.g. waste landfill sites, industrial pollution sites) 3. Cultural and Cultural landscapes or features (e.g. Burial sites, Cultural World Heritage Sites (UNESCO), National heritage resources heritage sites, Provincial Heritage Areas, Local Heritage Areas, Cultural landscapes, Heritage Protection Overlay Zones (or their equivalent), Archaeological sites & Paleontological sites) 4. Agric. Resources High potential agricultural land 5. Mining Mine tailings, current and past mining areas, acid-mine drainage affected features, degraded lands 6. Infrastructure Utilities Infrastructure (e.g. railways, roads, pipelines, waste water treatment facilities, renewable/non- renewable energy infrastructure) 7. Land use/cover Current land use/cover
Step 1: Understanding the Environ. Status Quo Give a Brief Description of Each Criterion/Feature Having compiled the list, the Municipality should write-up brief descriptions of each Environmental Criterion (both the environmental features and land uses), identified in 2.1.1. Municipalities should/can draw from the pre-determined descriptions (see Table 6 in Annexures) and use it as a guide. Customisations should cover such aspects as the exact condition, location, spatial extent and significance of the environmental feature. Moreover, descriptions should be pegged at the sub-criteria level, to provide finer detail about the environmental features.
Step 1: Understanding the Environ. Status Quo Determine if there is Mapable Data for each Criterion Listed The Municipality should then determine if there is Mapable Data for each criterion, as identified in 2.1.1. It is prudent that the Municipality makes use of existing and readily available data/information, to avoid wastage of resources and/or time in ‘reinventing the wheel’. Some of the freely available GIS based datasets are presented in Table 7 (see Annexures). One of the outcomes of this part of the process is the identification of gaps (i.e. instances where there is no existing mapable data for identified environmental criteria).
Step 1: Understanding the Environ. Status Quo Specific Links for Mapable Data on each Environmental Criterion Criteria Sub-Criteria Specific links where data can be found (Features/Land Use) 1. Environmental Protected Areas (PAs) https://egis.environment.gov.za/ Resources Critical Bio-diversity Areas Gauteng Limpopo (CBAs) http://bgis.sanbi.org/gauteng http://bgis.sanbi.org/limpopo North West Mpumalanga http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/179 http://bgis.sanbi.org/MBSP KZN Eastern cape http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/22 [waiting for the latest CBA map] Northern Cape Western Cape http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/203 http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/194 City of Cape Town Free State http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/180 http://bgis.sanbi.org/CapeTown Ecological Support Areas Same links as CBAs (above) (ESAs) Strategic Water Source Areas CSIR (SWSAs) David Le Maitre <DlMaitre@csir.co.za> Nature-based tourism or scenic features
Step 1: Understanding the Environ. Status Quo Specific Links for Mapable Data on each Environmental Criterion Criteria Sub-Criteria Specific links where data can be found (Features/Land Use) 3. Cultural and Burial sites http://www.sahra.org.za/ heritage resources Cultural World Heritage Sites (UNESCO) National heritage sites https://egis.environment.gov.za/ http://www.sahra.org.za/ Provincial Heritage Areas Local Heritage Areas http://www.sahra.org.za/ Cultural landscapes http://www.sahra.org.za/ Heritage Protection Overlay Zones Archaeological sites & http://www.sahra.org.za/ Paleontological sites 4. Agricultural High potential agricultural land http://www.arc.agric.za/Pages/Home.aspx resources Anneliza <AnnelizaC@daff.gov.za> 7. Land use/cover Current land use/cover https://egis.environment.gov.za/
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